11 h. ago US Allies in Europe Project Aircraft Carrier Power Near China

US Allies in Europe Project Aircraft Carrier Power Near China  Newsweek

Transport

7 d. ago China's first domestically built aircraft carrier visits Hong Kong in show of power

China's first domestically built aircraft carrier visits Hong Kong in show of power  Euronews.com

Transport

2 w. ago Nato leaders agree to 5 per cent defence spending goal in annual summit

Nato member states committed to boost investments on defence to five per cent of their domestic output, largely endorsing US President Donald Trump’s pressure on Washington’s European allies. The North Atlantic Council (NAC), which convened on Wednesday during the two-day Nato Summit in The Hague, the member states’ leaders agreed to spend the higher percentage annually on core defence requirements and “defence-and-security-related” expenditures by 2035, in the face of “profound security threats...

Politics

2 w. ago Nato leaders agree to 5% defence spending goal in annual summit

Nato member states committed to boost investments on defence to five per cent of their domestic output, largely endorsing US President Donald Trump’s pressure on Washington’s European allies. The North Atlantic Council (NAC), which convened on Wednesday during the two-day Nato Summit in The Hague, the member states’ leaders agreed to spend the higher percentage annually on core defence requirements and “defence-and-security-related” expenditures by 2035, in the face of “profound security threats...

Politics

2 w. ago Stop worrying about US and carry on, Nato chief tells Europe and Canada

Europe should “stop worrying so much” about Washington breaking away from the alliance, Nato’s chief said on Tuesday, amid US pressure on European allies to pay more for their defence. Addressing the Nato Public Forum in The Hague, an event on the sidelines of the Nato Summit, Mark Rutte, the alliance’s secretary general, said he had been questioned many times since January about the reliability of the United States as an ally. Asked on Tuesday whether the US was still with Nato, Rutte said...

Politics

2 w. ago China’s Wuhu Shipyard sets sights on European market with new green shipping alliance

China’s Wuhu Shipyard sets sights on European market with new green shipping alliance  Offshore-Energy.biz

Politics

2 w. ago China’s Fujian carrier developing ‘Alpha strike’ swarm attack power: CCTV

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, is expected to be able to carry out “deck load strikes”, a type of swarm attack that could help the country’s navy gain a first-mover advantage in combat, according to state broadcaster CCTV. A deck load strike refers to the ability to rapidly launch a large number of aircraft at once. This tactic was used by the US Navy during the Vietnam war for shock effect. While military experts had speculated that the Fujian would be able to carry out...

Events

3 w. ago ‘We’re not billiard balls’: how China’s EU charm offensive fell flat

For half a year, a heated debate has raged over whether US President Donald Trump’s return to office would push Europe and China closer together. Pragmatists, realpolitikers and Beijing’s allies argued that the EU could not afford a trade war with both of the world’s largest economies while footing the bill for a hot war in Ukraine. For months, EU leaders fuelled the speculation by voicing openness to deeper trade ties with Beijing, in a dramatic rhetorical shift from the previous three years of...

Politics

3 w. ago Partnership Short of Alliance: Military Cooperation Between Russia and China

Partnership Short of Alliance: Military Cooperation Between Russia and China  Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)

Events

last month Why US defence chief’s attack on China won’t find favour in Southeast Asia

After listening to US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth’s all-out attack on “communist China” at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, some might have wondered what the Chinese people would make of it. But as a Chinese delegate listening to him live, I was wondering what Hegseth’s boss, US President Donald Trump, would think. In February, Trump called US Vice-President J.D. Vance’s speech in Munich bashing European allies “brilliant”. This time, we haven’t had his thoughts. I wondered, not only...

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